Today is the fourth day of the March release from Neat & Tangled, and its a beauty!

Day 4 is for the Squares and Chevrons Cover plate and here’s my first card:

For this card, I did a little bit of inlaid die-cutting, by running the Squares and Chevrons coverplate once through a watercolour background and once through some copper foil cardstock.

I adhered some parts of the watercolour background die-cut pieces straight down onto the card base, while other parts were foam mounted. The copper foil pieces were all foam mounted in place.

I flicked a few gold ink drops onto the card front once everything was in place and moved onto the sentiment. This comes from the Hello Spring set that was showcased earlier in the week.

I white heat embossed the ‘Hello’ onto a strip of black cardstock and adhered it to the card front and then die-cut the co-ordinating ‘Spring’ sentiment several times from white cardstock and adhered them all together to make a thicker embellishment. Once dry, this was also adhered to the card front.

To finish off, I added some colourful sequins.

I hope you’re enjoying the March Release so far! Be sure to visit the Neat & Tangled Blog to see what the rest of the DT has created – all the sets that we are showcasing this week will be released on Friday, 9 March at 8am EST in the shop!

It’s the third day of the Neat & Tangled March release, and we are showcasing some fabulous products!

Day 3 is for the Friendly Florals stamp and die set – a greate design, with endless possibilities!

Here’s my card:

For this card I used some of the dies to create my own coverplate-style design – I arranged a few of them together and die-cut them a few times out of a panel of white cardstock. This is a great way to stretch your dies!

Once I was happy, I set the panel aside and worked on a smaller watercolour panel to sit behind the die-cut piece. I simply brush a piece of cardstock with water and added drops of paint, moving them around until they blended and created something I was happy with.

I heat set and trimmed this piece down before adhering it to a a white card base. I then foam mounted the die-cut piece on top.

I white heat embossed a sentiment from the set onto a piece of black cardstock and foam mounted it to the card front. To finish, I sprinkled with a few sequins.

Pop by the Neat & Tangled Blog to see what the rest of the DT has created – all the sets that we are showcasing this week will be available in the shop from Friday, 9 March at 8am EST!

Time to showcase some more goodies from the Neat & Tangled March Release!

Day 2 is for the No Words sentiment stamp set – a staple in every crafter’s stash! Here’s my card:

I created this free-style, watercolour floral image to support the sentiment from the set by simply taking an acrylic block, swiping it with Dylusions ink and stamping it onto a piece of watercolour paper. The blocks that I have are sort of flower shaped so they were perfect for this technique.

I heat set the blooms and then used a sponge dauber to add the black centre detail – very rough and ready, but it did the trick! I also added more detail to the flowers using some ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens and in a flick like motion, drew some veins.

I drew the stems by dragging the end of the applicator from some green Dylusions ink across the design. Again, I heat set the panel and then added a wash of colour behind the flowers so it didn’t look so stark. I also flicked on some inks for a bit of artistic detail.

I heat set the panel one last time, trimmed it down and adhered it to a white card base. I white heat embossed the sentiment onto a piece of black cardstock and foam mounted it to the front.

I added a couple of sequins to the design to finish off.

Be sure to check out the Neat & Tangled Blog to see what the rest of the DT has created – all the sets that we are showcasing this week will be released on Friday, 9 March at 8am EST in the shop!

Day 1 is for the spring themed Hello Spring stamp set and co-ordinating die. Here’s my card:

I began by creating the floral background using the smallest flower stamp from the set. I took a piece of watercolour paper and stamped the image repeatedly with Dylusions ink sprays, making sure to leave a large enough space in the middle for the largest sentiment from the set.

I applied the ink using the applicator from the bottle, and swiping it across the stamp. I dampened the part of the watercolour panel that I was going to stamp on with a bit of water first, and then stamped the image – this gave me lovely results, as I wasn’t looking for a clean, sharp impression.

I even made sure to blend some of the inks to get a third, transitional colour. This brought the whole piece together – I heat set the stamped flowers and then mounted my panel into my MISTI so that I could stamp the large block of sentiments from the set.

I stamped this with Versafine Onyx Black ink a couple of times to get a rich black. I then trimmed the panel down and adhered it to a white card base.

I white heat embossed ‘Hello’ from the same set onto a small strip of black cardstock and foam mounted it to the front. I sprinkled a couple of sequins to finish off.

Pop by the Neat & Tangled Blog to see what the rest of the DT has created – all the sets that we are showcasing this week will be released on Friday, 9 March at 8am EST in the shop!

I’ve been experimenting recently with YUPO paper and watercolours after watching several videos on YouTube by the amazing Patti Tolley Parrish – she demonstrates different types of watercolour and other medium on YUPO paper and the results look phenomenal! I used one of the backgrounds I’d created as the backdrop to this card 😉

I brushed various colours from my Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour Pocket set onto a piece of YUPO and watched the colours bleed. While the panel was still wet, I added further colour from the Finetec Pearl Metallics Palette – the effects are mesmerising, but the photos don’t do it any justice! Here’s a little snippet from my Instagram feed.

I put the panel aside to dry overnight and moved onto the focal element. I stamped the koala from the Koalifications set with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto a panel of white cardstock and coloured him in using Copic markers. I then stamped a sentiment from the same set into the banner area.

Once the YUPO piece was dry, I adhered it to the front of a white card base, fussy cut the koala out and foam mounted him to the card front.

It’s the fourth day of the Neat & Tangled February release, and we are showcasing another cute stamp and die set!

Day 4 is for the S’more Fun stamp set and dies – here’s my card:

I began by creating a quick background by blending Picked Raspberry and Ripe Persimmon Distress Inks on a panel of white cardstock. I then flicked some water for a bit of interest.

I used a paper towel to mop up any excess water and trimmed the panel down to slightly smaller than my card base before stamping a sentiment from the set.

I foam mounted the panel to the white card base and then moved onto the focal element. I stamped the pair of crackers with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto a piece of white cardstock and then coloured them in with copics. I used the co-ordinating die to cut them out.

I also ran the Interlocking Geo die through my die-cutting machine with some copper foil cardstock and trimmed a small portion of it to act as a layered piece for the crackers to sit on. I adhered the die-cut copper piece to the card front and then foam mounted the crackers on top.

To finish up, I added a few sequins.

Pop by the Neat & Tangled Blog to see what the rest of the DT has created – all the sets that we are showcasing this week will be available in the shop from Friday, 9 February at 8am EST!

Today is the third day of the February release from Neat & Tangled, and its a beauty!

Day 3 is for the Interlocking Geo stencil and die, and they are absolutely fabulous, especially if you like creating geometric looking cards!

Here’s my card using the stencil:

I used one of my favourite techniques for this one – I added droplets of yellow and blue Dylusions ink sprays onto a large acrylic block, then heavily spritzed a piece of watercolour cardstock with water. Whilst the panel was wet, I laid the stencil on top, then flipped the acrylic block on top very quickly, allowing the ink to seep through to the damp watercolour panel.

I slid the block up and down while it was face down on the stencil to get the inks to move and blend. When I was happy, I removed the block and the stencil, and heat set the watercolour panel.

Once dry, I trimmed the panel down and adhered it to a white card base. I added a wood veneer cupcake and a sentiment from the So Many Sentiments set.

I also added some wood veneer stars to finish off the design 😉

Here’s my card using the die:

I’ve always enjoyed inlaid die-cutting but I wanted to try something a little different using the Interlocking Geo die for this card. So I began by adhering some double-sided tape to a panel of white cardstock and then running it through my die-cutting machine with the die.

While all the pieces were in place, I carefully removed the die-cut panel from the die and adhered it down to a white card base. This gives the impression of an embossed panel without embossing anything!

I then ran the die through again with different coloured sheets of paper so that I could make the pattern in the centre of the card pop. I did this by adding small dots of glue to the pointed areas of the tiny shapes and adhering the coloured pieces in place. I curved each piece up to create a 3D look.

I added a sentiment from So Many Sentiments and finished of the design with some matching gemstones.

I hope you’re enjoying the February Release so far! Be sure to visit the Neat & Tangled Blog to see what the rest of the DT has created – all the sets that we are showcasing this week will be released on Friday, 9 February at 8am EST in the shop!

Time to showcase some more goodies from the Neat & Tangled February Release!

Day 2 is for the Panda die and the So Many Sentiments stamp set – both can be used in so many ways – here’s my card:

I knew I wanted to pair a happy, positive and bright sentiment from the set with the Panda die, and decided to stamp it with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto a panel of white cardstock. I had curved it a little so that it would follow the contour of the die-cut the Panda face that was above the sentiment.

I set the panel aside and moved on to the card base. I adhered strips of coloured paper directly onto the card base at a diagonal for some interest. I trimmed the excess paper off the sides of the base and then foam mounted the die-cut panel on top.

The bright colours showed through the Panda apertures and matched the sentiment perfectly!

But I didn’t leave it there…the card looked a little bare, so I added some enamel dots and sequins to finish it off.

Be sure to check out the Neat & Tangled Blog to see what the rest of the DT has created – all the sets that we are showcasing this week will be released on Friday, 9 February at 8am EST in the shop!

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